Biometric Bracelets for Prisoners
(American Civil Liberties Union, Oct 29, 2025)
The ACLU’s position is that non-consensual monitoring of a person’s non-readily apparent physiological states is not just a privacy invasion but an assault on inherent human dignity and autonomy that should not be applied to prisoners or anyone else.
New Driver’s Licence Facial Recognition Change Set to Make Lives Easier for Aussies: ‘Expanding
(Yahoo News Australia, Oct 29, 2025)
The government’s Face Verification Service (FVS), which matches your face to your official identity documents, is expanding to include driver's licences through the National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution (NDLFRS).
Czech Police Forced to Turn Off Facial Recognition Cameras at the Prague Airport Thanks to the AI Act
(European Digital Rights (EDRi), Oct 29, 2025)
The Czech police are also ignoring the law in the case of another biometric tool – Digital Personal Image Information System. This was also pointed out by IuRe and subsequently by the Czech DPA. The system works with a reference database of approximately 20 million photographs of all persons who have been issued identity cards or passports, and compares them with photographs of persons of unknown identity.
Chandigarh MC Makes Facial Recognition Attendance Mandatory from November
(BW People, Oct 29, 2025)
The commissioner has instructed that all officers and staff including regular, contractual, outsourced, and field employees must begin using the facial authentication feature through their smartphones for daily attendance marking.
Auror Launch a Responsible Facial Recognition Integration for Retailers
(The National Law Review, Oct 29, 2025)
“We should all refuse to accept a society that considers this behavior ‘part of the job’ just because it happens in a shop. Addressing violence and organized crime in stores is a shared responsibility, and we’re proud to play a part in helping retailers and communities make their stores safer.
